Tasting Notes:My ‘assistant brewer’ and I really like Flossmoor Station's Gandy Dancer Honey Ale and this recipe began as our attempt to replicate it as best we could. Head brewer Matt Van Wyk would only divulge that they use "mostly Northwest hops, the three 'C's" in their hop schedule.

Over the course of six or seven batches I have tweaked this recipe until I arrived at the version above. We moved beyond trying to clone Flossmoor Station’s ale and instead, made it a version all our own. It has become my ‘house ale’. It is malty, but a bit dry due to the yeast and the honey. It has a definite hop flavor and aroma but a subtle hop bite. Adding the honey in the last 15 mins. of the boil brings out the honey flavor, but not any cloying sweetness. It is a very drinkable beer – one that you can stick with all night.